Recaps

Xu Yi backed Ren Cong after Dan Chunlai abducted Liu Ruxu, then stormed Yong Garden and brought Dan Chunlai back to the Phoenix Power Guard hall. Dan Chunlai threatened retaliation from the Dan Family as the assembled cultivators rushed to placate him.

• Jiang Dong revealed that Dan Chunlai had taken Liu Ruxu from the Flying Fish Tower and beaten Ren Cong's guards.
• Xu Yi declared that he would deal with Dan Chunlai and flew with Ren Cong to Yong Garden despite warnings about the Dan Family.
• Xu Yi seized Dan Chunlai and rescued Liu Ruxu, who reunited with Ren Cong.
• Xu Yi returned to the hall carrying Dan Chunlai, who vowed that the Dan Family would retaliate.
• Liu Mingzhao and other cultivators covered Dan Chunlai with a robe and hurried to placate him.

On his first day as Guard Master, Xu Yi defied Dan Mingyu’s demand to punish him and killed Dan Chunlai with Wrath of Burning Heaven. Dan Mingyu ordered the Purgatory Twin Envoys to attack, but Xu Yi set them ablaze as well.

• Dan Mingyu arrived at Phoenix Hall and demanded that Xu Yi strip and endure three hundred Withered Soul Whip lashes for capturing Dan Chunlai.
• Ren Cong pleaded with Dan Mingyu, explaining that Dan Chunlai had tried to assault his wife, but Dan Mingyu dismissed him.
• Xu Yi declared that Imperial Court law applied to Dan Chunlai, then killed him with a fireball and took his Life Wheel.
• Dan Mingyu ordered Shi Mi and Tan Fang to kill Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used Wrath of Burning Heaven to set both elders ablaze.
• Xu Yi recalled that he had refined the Sui clan’s Origin Fire and begun mastering Wrath of Burning Heaven before the battle at Sun Peak.

Xu Yi killed Dan Mingyu after defeating his guards and declared that the Imperial Court Code mattered more than powerful clans. His men rallied behind him, while Liu Mingzhao warned that the Dan Family’s retaliation would exceed the Phoenix Power Guard’s ability to handle.

• Xu Yi killed Shi Mi and Tan Fang, then blocked Dan Mingyu from leaving and urged his subordinates to fight the Dan Family’s attendants.
• Ren Cong and Jiang Dong led their followers into the battle, and more than half the people in the hall joined after Xu Yi warned them of the Dan Family’s likely retaliation.
• Xu Yi transformed into a giant, tore apart one of Dan Mingyu’s blue dragons, drove the others away, and captured Dan Mingyu.
• Xu Yi condemned Dan Mingyu under the Imperial Court Code and killed him, then took his resources, sealed his life-wheel, and sent his body into the Starry Sky Ring.
• Xu Yi declared that he would risk his life to defend his brothers-in-arms, and the assembled guards shouted that they would give their lives for him.
• Liu Mingzhao warned Xu Yi to report the killing to Tiger Wing Prefecture, but Xu Yi dismissed the need to hide the news or rely on the Phoenix Power Guard.

Song Gongbo faced pressure from Dan Fubo to punish Suijie after Suijie killed the Dan Family’s chief steward and captured Dan Fubo’s nephew. Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo added pressure against Suijie, leaving Song Gongbo still searching for a way to act without provoking his troops or the Dan Family.

• Liu Hao told Song Gongbo that Dan Fubo had arrived in the main hall in a rage over Suijie’s actions.
• Song Gongbo tried to placate Dan Fubo, who demanded justice for the death of his family’s chief steward and the capture of his nephew.
• Liu Hao announced that Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo had come to see Song Gongbo.
• Xiong Chumo condemned Suijie and warned that he would bring disaster, while Shao Ting invoked the Reverse Star Palace’s principles and left the decision to Song Gongbo.
• Dan Fubo pressed Song Gongbo to act, but Song Gongbo remained torn between the Dan Family’s demands and the risk of punishing Suijie unjustly.

Dan Fubo learned that Suijie had raided the Dan Family’s branches in Gongyue City and killed Dan Mingyu, then tried to pressure Song Gongbo into stopping him. Dan Fuhai dismissed the outrage and ordered Suijie killed, while acknowledging that some Dan Family members had behaved disgracefully.

• Dan Fubo received word that the Phoenix Power Guard had raided all six Dan Family branch halls in Gongyue City and that Suijie had killed Dan Mingyu.
• Song Gongbo confirmed the report, and Dan Fubo accused him of secretly backing Suijie and demanded that he suspend Suijie and send him to Tongtian Palace to beg forgiveness.
• Suijie told Song Gongbo that he had compiled evidence of more than a hundred Dan Family crimes and invited him to a showcase of the investigation’s results three days later.
• Song Gongbo promised Dan Fubo that he would not interfere in Suijie’s affairs or report them, and Dan Fubo left to return to Tongtian Palace.
• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo that the family could kill Suijie easily and ordered him to do so, while noting that some Dan Family members had acted disgracefully.

Xu Yi prepared the Phoenix Power Guard to expose the Dan Family’s crimes at a public exhibition in Gongyue City. As the exhibition opened, Xu Yi confronted Liu Mingzhao about his secret contacts with both the Dan Family and Song Gongbo, leaving Liu shaken and wary.

• Dan Fuhai and Dan Fubo chose a person to handle Suijie discreetly and agreed to act on the date Suijie had set.
• The Phoenix Power Guard built an exhibition displaying evidence of the Dan Family’s crimes, while Xu Yi’s recent leadership had revived the soldiers’ morale.
• Officials gathered outside Chunxuan Hall and urged Liu Mingzhao to wake Xu Jie before the exhibition, but Xu Yi emerged and ordered them to open the seals and attend to their duties.
• Liu Mingzhao warned Xu Yi that the Dan Family was likely planning trouble, and Xu Yi revealed that he knew the family had contacted him.
• Liu Mingzhao admitted that Song Gongbo had also contacted him and said he had considered replacing Xu Yi, but had abandoned the idea after recent events.
• Xu Yi told Liu Mingzhao to take care and headed for the training grounds, leaving Liu trembling behind.

Xu Yi’s public display of the Phoenix Power Guard’s spoils turned into an ambush when Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits attacked him. Xu Yi’s prepared Qi Zu Great Formation then trapped the attackers, leaving the pirates to surrender and the Phoenix Power Guard to bind them.

• Xu Yi opened the Phoenix Power Guard’s grounds to visitors and displayed the spoils seized from the Dan Family bandits.
• Six golden streaks attacked Xu Yi, overturning the display cases as fighting erupted across the training field.
• Li Tieya of the Great Wind Bandits revealed himself and used a black spinning top to attack Xu Yi’s Origin Fire shield.
• The Witch Clan’s Qi Zu Great Formation drained spiritual power, and more than a hundred Giant Witches appeared across the field.
• Li Tieya ordered the Great Wind Bandits to surrender, and Liu Mingzhao directed the Phoenix Power Guard to bind the pirates.

Xu Yi revealed that he had arranged the ambush that captured Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits, using the crisis to strengthen his position in Reverse Star Palace. He imprisoned the bandits and demanded ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences from the Dan Family for their release, leaving Li Xin to deliver the message.

• Xu Yi thanked the witch clan chiefs for their support and explained that he intended to challenge the Dan Family within the rules rather than rely on the witches to destroy them.
• The clan chiefs left three Golden Witches and nine Great Witches as Xu Yi's personal guards.
• Xu Yi visited Guard Prison, where Liu Mingzhao advised executing Li Tieya and the bandits, and Xu Yi teased him about being a Dan Family spy.
• Li Tieya accepted defeat, and Xu Yi offered to release the bandits in exchange for ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences from the Dan Family.
• Li Tieya chose Li Xin to carry Xu Yi's demand to the Dan Family, and Xu Yi watched Li Xin leave under guard.

Xu Yi released Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits, then used the resulting debt of gratitude to deepen their conflict with the Dan Family. After Li Xin’s apparent death inflamed the bandits, Dan Fuhai realized Suijie was targeting prominent clans for fame and warned that the Dan Family had become his chosen target.

• Li Tieya worried that Dan Fubo would betray Li Xin, and Xu Yi released the bandits after requiring them to stay out of Gongyue City.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei that he had let Li Tieya go because he could not control him, while Huang Mei realized Xu Yi intended to use Li Tieya’s sense of obligation.
• Li Tieya lost contact with Li Xin after hearing a confrontation at Tongtian Palace and believed Dan Fubo had killed him, prompting the Great Wind Bandits to swear vengeance on the Dan Family.
• Xu Yi revealed that Li Xin was alive, unconscious, and captured, and that he had tasked Jin Junmei with handling him.
• Dan Fubo complained about his failure to secure Li Tieya, and Dan Fuhai explained that Suijie was targeting great Aristocratic Clans to gain fame.

Dan Fuhai planned to enlist Xiong Chumo and Shao Ting against Suijie, but Suijie arrived at Tongtian Palace with the Phoenix Power Guard and forced the Dan Family into a public standoff. The Dan Family could not attack without challenging the authority of the Reverse Star Palace, so Dan Fuhai let Suijie have his moment.

• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo to seek help from Xiong Chumo and Shao Ting and to move carefully against Suijie.
• Dan Fubo returned in alarm, reporting that Suijie had brought more than a thousand Phoenix Power Guard troops and over a hundred and thirty Spirit Cannons to Tongtian Palace.
• The Dan Family members gathered and demanded that Dan Fuhai respond, while a Spirit Cannon struck the palace's protective wards.
• Dan Fuhai said Suijie's open scheme left the Dan Family with no good response and allowed the family members to go outside.
• Dan Fubo saw thousands of onlookers and realized the Dan Family could not attack the Phoenix Power Guard without undermining the Reverse Star Palace's authority.

Xu Yi led the Phoenix Power Guard to the Dan Family and demanded a fine for Dan Mingyu’s crimes, then left after Dan Fuhai paid. The Dan Family’s Old Ancestor intervened, and Dan Fuhai resigned as family head, leaving Dan Fubo questioning his choice of successor.

• Suijie’s soldiers publicly accused Dan Mingyu of crimes and demanded ten thousand units of Profound Yellow Essence from the Dan Family.
• As the incense stick nearly burned out, Dan Fuhai paid the fine on the family’s behalf, and Xu Yi led the Phoenix Power Guard away.
• Dan Fuhai returned to Tongtian Palace, endured the family members’ complaints, and was summoned by the Dan Family’s Old Ancestor.
• Dan Fuhai announced that the Old Ancestor would deal with Suijie and that he was resigning as family head in favor of Dan Fuqing.
• Dan Fuhai left the Patriarch’s Seal and returned to his cave abode, where Dan Fubo challenged his decision to make Dan Fuqing the successor.

Dan Fuhai warned Dan Fubo that the Dan Family was doomed because it was resisting the rising tide of support for Suijie, and urged him to leave with the younger generation. Meanwhile, Xiong Chumo learned that the Imperial Court planned to punish Xu Yi through Reverse Star Palace, though the consequences remained unclear.

• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo that Suijie’s real strength lay in understanding and stirring the tide of events, and advised him to leave the Dan Family with the younger clansmen.
• Dan Fubo trusted Dan Fuhai’s warning and decided to take little Hui, Tuohai, and the others away.
• Xiong Qi reported that an Imperial Court team had arrived at Reverse Star Palace, and Xiong Chumo scolded him for not reporting it sooner.
• Xiong Chumo contacted Shao Ting, who said he had taken the assignment to deliver a decree against Xu Yi for alleged dereliction of duty.

Xu Yi rejected the palace’s disciplinary decree and resigned as Guard Master of the Phoenix Power Guard. The Guard’s five hundred members and numerous cultivators then joined him in resigning or openly opposing the palace, leaving Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo stunned by the mass resistance.

• Shao Ting arrived at Bright Mountain with Xiong Chumo and read a decree fining Xu Yi and ordering him to stay home for three months.
• Xu Yi denounced the decree as wrongful and defended his record of fighting evil and protecting the innocent.
• Xu Yi resigned as Guard Master and placed his badge and tally on the ground.
• All five hundred members of the Phoenix Power Guard laid down their tallies and resigned.
• Zhong Qing, Qin Guangtian, Cao Dahua, Qin Yong, and others publicly opposed the palace decree, while Shao Ting realized it had been issued amid a volatile situation.

Shao Ting realized Xiong Chumo had misled him as Suijie gained offers from rival powers, while Xu Yi left Reverse Star Palace. Dan Fubo returned to Tongtian Palace expecting Suijie to be vulnerable, only to find the Dan Family under attack and its Old Ancestor trapped.

• Liu Sanyang and Kuang Jun offered Suijie posts at Starry Sky Prefecture and Big Dipper Palace, and Xu Yi left rather than join them.
• Dan Fubo received word that Suijie had lost his Official Status, so he led Dan Hui and three other Dan Family youths back toward Tongtian Palace.
• Dan Fubo and the youths arrived to find Tongtian Palace engulfed in battle and were swept into the fighting.
• Three saints of Reverse Star Palace controlled four dark bone dragons that trapped the Dan Family's Old Ancestor as Dan Family members were killed.

Dan Fubo died regretting that he had ignored Dan Fuhai’s warnings as the Dan Family was destroyed. At a bandit banquet, Xu Yi told the guests a heroic tale about Xue Xiang, then received a distant message from Wang Rongrong, suggesting she had arrived on the Star River Ancient Path.

• Dan Fubo realized too late that the Dan Family’s power was fragile and regretted provoking Suijie and disregarding Dan Fuhai’s advice.
• Xu Yi attended Li Tieya’s banquet on Iron Star Island, where Li Tieya and Li Xin toasted and praised him for helping Li Xin escape.
• Xu Yi recounted Xue Xiang’s story to the bandit leaders, who admired the unknown hero, while Huang Mei suspected Xu Yi was preparing another identity.
• Xu Yi and the other guests received pulsing signals from their Ruyi Pearls and withdrew to answer them.
• Xu Yi heard Wang Rongrong’s voice through his Ruyi Pearl and inferred that she had reached the Star River Ancient Path.

Xu Yi explained why the three major organizations had joined forces to suppress the great clans and prepared to meet Wang Rongrong about returning to his post. At the Phoenix Power Guard training grounds, his former subordinates waited for him to decide whether they would return or leave with him.

• Li Tieya told Xu Yi that Reverse Star Palace, Starry Sky Prefecture, and Big Dipper Palace were sweeping through the great clans.
• Xu Yi identified four reasons the organizations could act together: the clans' limited influence over senior officials, growing resentment among immortal officials, the wealth displayed at his exhibition, and the end of rivalry between the organizations.
• Xu Yi revealed that Wang Rongrong, a junior minister from Heavenly King of the Imperial Way's Mansion and his former superior, had come to see him.
• Li Tieya said he planned to join Big Dipper Palace and invited Xu Yi to come with him, while the bandit chiefs asked to join as well.
• Xu Yi assured Li Tieya they would remain friends even if they joined different sides, then left the banquet.
• Ren Cong told Xu Yi that the Phoenix Power Guard subordinates had gathered to follow his decision about whether they would return to their posts or leave.

Xu Yi returned to the Phoenix Power Guard, where Reverse Star Palace cleared his name and offered him command of a new General’s Command. He accepted and met Palace Master Yan Wuyi, who praised his ability and expressed high hopes for his future.

• Xu Yi met Wang Rongrong and Cao Wushang, who told him that Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo had been punished and his name cleared.
• Cao Wushang announced that Reverse Star Palace would establish a seventh General’s Command under Xu Yi, and the Phoenix Power Guard celebrated.
• Xu Yi accompanied Cao Wushang to the shifting palace in the void and met Palace Master Yan Wuyi in his study.
• Yan Wuyi praised Xu Yi for turning the Starry Sky Ancient Path’s turmoil to his advantage and promised to promote gifted talents like him.
• Xu Yi pledged to serve Yan Wuyi, while privately remaining wary of powerful officials’ words.

Xu Yi learned that the Sui clan’s Origin Fire might remain on Rust Star and took charge of the newly established Deep Space Prefecture. After learning why it was stationed by the Profound Yellow Ancestral Vein, he planned to master the work of capturing Profound Yellow Fiend before moving on to his Starry Sky Prefecture post.

• Yan Wuyi rewarded Xu Yi with three portions of Dao Source and told him that Sui Kuohai may have left the Sui clan’s Origin Fire on Rust Star.
• Xu Yi returned with Cao Wushang and officials, and the Deep Space Prefecture was established on Hanging Star Island.
• Liu Mingzhao explained that the Deep Space Prefecture was created to guard the Reverse Star Palace’s Profound Yellow Ancestral Vein after the vein lines stopped extending.
• Xu Yi asked to learn how to capture Profound Yellow Veins, while Liu Mingzhao urged him to secure control over personnel appointments.
• Xu Yi told Liu Mingzhao he would handle personnel matters but insisted on mastering the prefecture’s core duty of absorbing Profound Yellow Fiend.

Xu Yi studied the Tower Masters’ methods for finding Profound Yellow Veins and learned of Star Thunder Explosions, whose magnetic thunderfields could help him cultivate the Chaos Thunder Art. After Yan Wuyi ordered the commander-in-chief prefectures to assist him, Xu Yi continued learning from veteran Tower Masters across the realm.

• Liu Mingzhao thanked Xu Yi and hurried away before recommending experts in collecting Profound Yellow Fiend, so Xu Yi summoned Ren Cong instead.
• Ren Cong taught Xu Yi how to search for fiend roots and Profound Yellow Veins at Flying Fish Tower.
• Xu Yi and Ren Cong witnessed a Nebula Explosion, and Xu Yi asked about Star Thunder Explosions after learning that they created vast magnetic thunderfields.
• Xu Yi obtained information about Star Thunder Explosions and ordered every region to report sightings for a generous reward.
• Xu Yi learned from Song Xiao at Starworm Tower and then visited seven more veteran Tower Masters to study their methods.
• Yan Wuyi issued a decree requiring the commander-in-chief prefectures to help Xu Yi with his research.

Xu Yi traveled to the Starry Sky Prefecture to take up his post as Tower Master of the Huisha Tower, while remaining concerned about his injuries and the Life Fire Essence deadline. After arriving safely, he learned that Prefect Lu Zhongyi wanted him to review Starry Sky Island’s records before beginning his duties.

• Xu Yi completed his cultivation studies, tested his methods for locating Profound Yellow Fiend veins, and set out for the Starry Sky Prefecture after notifying his allies.
• Old Desolate warned Xu Yi that the Jianlan Hội might have acted against him and that his time to use Hong Tianming’s Life Fire Essence was nearly up.
• Xu Yi arrived safely at Central Green Island, unaware that Wu Xinshan and Banerchan’s planned interception had failed because he had traveled disguised as Suijie.
• The next morning, Chen Yu brought Xu Yi to Starry Sky Island, where Prefect Lu Zhongyi instructed him to study the island’s records before taking up his post as Tower Master of the Huisha Tower.

After Hong Tianming vouched for Lu Zhongyi, Xu Yi decided not to hide on Starry Sky Island and investigated the people tracking him. He drew two Starry Sky Boats after him, while Wu Xinshan and Banerchan discovered that another force was pursuing Xu Yi and were confronted by Chen Bingying.

• Xu Yi questioned whether Lu Zhongyi could be trusted, but a message signed "Begging Night"—a signal only he and Hong Tianming knew—assured him that Lu was reliable.
• Xu Yi rejected Old Desolate's advice to lie low, reasoning that the Jianlan Hội forces on Starry Sky Island would gain time to prepare if he did nothing.
• Xu Yi investigated Starry Sky Island and nearby Zhenming Island, then sent Old Desolate to learn about the powerful people tailing him.
• Xu Yi left Zhenming Island for outer space, and two enormous Starry Sky Boats gathered where he had been.
• Wu Xinshan and Banerchan realized that someone else was pursuing Xu Yi, then admitted Chen Bingying into their secret chamber when he accused them of making him a fall guy.

After Chen Bingying’s forces were wiped out while pursuing Xu Yi, he confronted Wu Xinshan and Banerchan, blamed them, and threatened to report them to the Chen family. The three agreed to cooperate against Xu Yi and decided to seek a chance to remove Lu Zhongyi from their way.

• Chen Bingying revealed that Xu Yi had lured his force into an ambush, leaving most of his men dead or captured, and accused Wu Xinshan and Banerchan of abandoning him.
• Chen Bingying threatened to report Wu Xinshan and Banerchan unless they gave him the lion’s share of the credit for defeating Xu Yi.
• Banerchan explained that they had misjudged Lu Zhongyi and Xu Yi, and warned that division among them would ruin their effort and damage Chen Bingying’s prospects.
• Wu Xinshan proposed dealing with Lu Zhongyi before targeting Xu Yi, and Chen Bingying suggested bringing Lu Zhongyi back to central headquarters temporarily.
• Wu Xinshan and Banerchan recognized that arranging Lu Zhongyi’s temporary return could give them the opportunity they needed.

Chen Bingying planned to hire Suijie to assassinate Xu Yi while Wu Xinshan and Banerchan focused on getting Lu Zhongyi recalled and isolating Xu Yi from Li Sheng. Xu Yi then spoke with Li Tieya, who thanked him for arranging the ambush on Chen Bingying’s troops.

• Chen Bingying agreed to help Wu Xinshan and Banerchan get Lu Zhongyi recalled, but urged them to arrange Xu Yi’s death as well.
• Chen Bingying proposed hiring Suijie, believing Suijie’s past rivalry with Xu Yi and history as an assassin would make him suitable for the job.
• Wu Xinshan and Banerchan warned that the plan might fail, then agreed to treat it as a fallback while they targeted Li Sheng and pursued Lu Zhongyi’s recall.
• Chen Bingying claimed the credit for any success and hurried off to approach Suijie, while Wu Xinshan and Banerchan worried about his reckless plans.
• Xu Yi received Li Tieya’s call, and Li Tieya thanked him for arranging the ambush on Chen Bingying’s troops.

Xu Yi, disguised as Suijie, negotiated with Chen Bingying, who wanted him to kill Xu Yi, and demanded an Ancient Spirit Body Pill as payment. After Suijie rescued Chen Bingying’s captured relatives and retainers, Chen Bingying urged Wu Xinshan and Banerchan to approve the pill, but they fell silent.

• Li Tieya thanked Suijie for arranging a chance to attack a rival and sought to present him with a gift.
• After Liu Mingzhao reported an imposing visitor, Xu Yi disguised himself as Suijie and met Chen Bingying in the Deep Space Hall.
• Chen Bingying asked Suijie to kill Xu Yi, and Suijie demanded an Ancient Spirit Body Pill before agreeing to help.
• Chen Bingying offered twenty thousand Profound Yellow Essences, but Suijie insisted on the pill and promised to rescue Chen Bingying’s captured associates within seven days.
• Chen Bingying met Wu Xinshan and Banerchan on Central Green Island and urged them to provide an Ancient Spirit Body Pill in exchange for Suijie’s help.

Chen Bingying, Wu Xinshan, and Banerchan exchanged an Ancient Spirit Body Pill for Xu Yi’s oath to deal with Xu Yi within a year, and the pill restored Xu Yi’s ability to switch between Fate Wheels. After learning that a mysterious shadow had watched them, Xu Yi went to observe a Star Thunder Explosion and approached it in his Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey form.

• Chen Bingying brought Wu Xinshan and Banerchan into the deal, and the three devised a plan to exchange the Ancient Spirit Body Pill for Suijie’s help.
• Xu Yi swore an oath by the Suijie clan’s ancestors and Great God Zhurong, promising to deal with Xu Yi within a year, then took the pill and restored his ability to switch between Fate Wheels.
• Huang Mei reported seeing a hazy shadow lurking above the departing trio, so Xu Yi had Huang Mei hide in the Starry Sky Ring and watch for danger.
• Ren Cong told Xu Yi about a Star Thunder Explosion near Langhuan Star, and Xu Yi traveled to Flying Fish Tower to see it.
• Xu Yi ordered Ren Cong to move Flying Fish Tower closer, then left the tower and flew toward the storm before revealing his Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey form.